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Old 04-23-2018, 09:23 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by jpeters1734 View Post
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Manfred also defended the experimentation, in the minor leagues, with starting extra innings with a runner on second base, even though it's a change "we don't expect to ever apply at the major league level." But he said, "We may learn something that would be helpful moving forward."
Yeah, what they're learning is that starting off the extra inning with a guy already on second base doesn't seem to have appreciably cut down the number of extra inning games going past 10 innings.
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